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Malaysia is a modern concept, created in the second half of the 20th century. However, contemporary Malaysia regards the entire history of Malaya and Borneo, spanning thousands of years back to prehistoric times, as its own history. [1][2][3]
History of Malaysia, a survey of the notable events and people in the history of Malaysia from ancient times to the present. A Southeast Asian country lying just north of the Equator, Malaysia is composed of two noncontiguous regions: Peninsular Malaysia (Semenanjung Malaysia), also called West.
Early historical studies postulated that successive waves of peoples—ancestors of the contemporary Malays—migrated into the region from China and Tibet during the 1st millennium bce, pushing earlier inhabitants into the western Pacific or remote mountain enclaves.
When it was established on September 16, 1963, Malaysia comprised the territories of Malaya (now Peninsular Malaysia), the island of Singapore, and the colonies of Sarawak and Sabah in northern Borneo. In August 1965 Singapore seceded from the federation and became an independent republic.
The first people to live in Malaysia were Stone Age hunter-gatherers. They arrived as early as 8,000 BC. Later Stone Age farmers came to Malaya and displaced them. (The hunter-gatherers continued to exist but they retreated into remote areas). The farmers practiced slash-and-burn agriculture.
Colonial rule. 1511: Portugal makes first European colonial claim on Malaysia, capturing Malacca. 1641: Dutch East India Company and local allies push Portuguese from Malacca. 1700s: Now known as...
Malaysia is a modern concept, created in the second half of the 20th century. However, contemporary Malaysia regards the entire history of Malaya and Borneo, spanning thousands of years back to prehistoric times, as its own history.
The history of Malaysia has a stretch of events attached to it; from the pre-historical era to the colonial rule that was established here in the 15th century, followed by the British government, the consequent struggle for independence, and myriads of eventual issues.
A History of Malaysia is divided into 9 chapters, which are suitably titled: The heritage of the past; Melaka’s legacy in a changing Malay world, 1400–1699; The demise of the Malay entrepot state, 1699–1819; The creation of a ‘new world’, 1819–
Following the end of Japanese occupation in 1945, Sabah and Sarawak came under 17 years of direct British colonial rule. In September 1963 they became the largest member states of the Federation of Malaysia, albeit lagging economically and socially the states in the peninsula.